Pending the trial of any cause in any court at intervals in which jurors are being summoned, or the progress of the trial is otherwise delayed, the court may proceed with the other business of the court, but so as not to delay the cause on trial.Acts 1870, ch. 20, § 1; Shan., § 4685; Code 1932, § 8812; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1308.
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